<p>Memories of historical events like the Holocaust have played a key role in the internationalization of human rights. Their importance lies in their ability to bridge the universal and the particularβthe universality of human values and the particularity of memories rooted in local human experienc
Human Rights and Memory
β Scribed by Daniel Levy, Natan Sznaider
- Publisher
- Penn State Press
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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